sent to Poplar For. 6 Apricot trees, 2 large Morellas, 2 Kentish cherries, 2. May Dukes. 2 Carnations, 2 Black hearts, 2 White hearts, 2 Newtown pippings, 2 Russetins, 2 Golden Wildings, & some white strawberries.
Garden Book, page 25
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
1782.
Feb. 12.
Feb. 28.
a flock of wild geese flying to N.W.
Mar. 30.
the Farm second round-about, taking in the Mulberry-row is 4444.4 feet = 269.36 po. = .84 of a mile.
Mar. 17.
Almonds & peaches blossom.
May 6.
Aur. Bor. at 9. P.M. a quart of Currant juice makes 2. blue teacups of jelly, 1 quart of juice to 4. of puree.
June 10.
Raspberries come & last a month.
| A Calendar of the bloom of flowers in 1782. Note they were planted this spring and the season was very backward. | |||||||
| March. | April. | May. | June. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. |
| 17 | 1 20 23 27 29 | 8 12 14 20 22 | 18 22 25 | ||||
Narcissus Fathd. Hyacinth
Jonquil
Hyacinth Anem., Ranunc,
Tulips M.Iris Iris bicolor Nasturtium
Fiery Lil. White Lilly Peony
Pink
Sw. Wm. Holly hock
Calcanthus
Crims Dw. Rose.
Sep. 11.
a quince weighed 170z. -- 17dwt.
W. Hornsby's method of preserving birds.
Make a small incision between the legs of the bird; take out the entrails & eyes, wipe the inside & with a quill force a passage through the throat into the body that the ingredients may find a way into the stomach & so pass off through the mouth. fill the bird with a composition of 2/3 common salt & 1/3 nitre pounded in a mortar with two tablespoonfuls of black or Indian pepper to a pound. hang it up by it's legs 8 or 10. weeks, & if the bird be small it will be sufficiently preserved in that time. if it be large, the process is the same, but greater attention will be necessary. the seasons also should be attended to in procurring them, as the plumage is much finer at one time of the year than another.
see 5. Buffon 194. another composition for external washing.